Junior Buyer​/Assistant Buyer

Our client is a supplier to the Aerospace and Aviation industry, with over 9,000 products and serving 5000 customers in 110 countries. Due to promotion, they have a new vacancy for a Junior or Assistant Buyer to join their procurement team. This is a great opportunity for someone with a strong administrative background with an interest in procurement and who wishes to complete their CIPS qualifications.

Junior Buyer is primarily responsible for supporting the selection and purchase of goods and services to meet the requirements of the business. This is the acquisition process and is just one small part of the whole Procurement process. The Junior Buyer is also responsible for date management, pricing maintenance, day to day demand enquiries, and stakeholder communication.

Key responsibilities:

• Work closely with vendors to progress order requirements and maintain accurate lead times.
• Support corrective action in the resolution of delivery discrepancies.
• Support and report upon KPI’s assessing quality and delivery performance.
• Evaluate historical data to support inventory replenishment options and make recommendations to achieve optimum serviceability.
• Communicate to internal stakeholders on key supply matters.
• Deliver customer service and stakeholder satisfaction for procurement.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• Computer literate in IT Skills, Microsoft Office, and phone systems.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Resilient and flexible to change, with an ability to manage high workload, conflicting priorities, and pressure.
• Takes a forward-thinking approach to the issues which will affect now and in the future.
• Strong ability to deliver upon KPI’s and business objectives.
• An interest and understanding of procurement.

The company will support and fund the completion of the CIPS Level 4 qualification as well as providing the training and development to progress to a career in buying and purchasing.

Job Reference: 887098_

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Job Location s:
International

Job Types: Permanent

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